SOURCE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYING.

摘要

The invention consists of a submersible high current PWM-based source system for marine electromagnetic surveying for hydrocarbon exploration. The system converts a periodic, arbitrary digital signal to a high output current in a HED optimized for maximum dipole moment, using PWM modulation and real-time current regulation for precise output amplitude. The design and choice of components allows a wideband EM signal to be generated with sharp transition characteristics and substantially independent of the AC input power characteristics. This in turn allows for improved tailoring of an EM source signal for a specific subterranean prospect, and thus increased accuracy of the EM data.